Wood Millet

Milium effusum 'Aureum' Poaceae

Other names

Bowles' Golden Grass

Growth habit

Grass/Sedge

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Jelitto Perennial Seeds

Description

Perennial to 180cm. Leaf blades 30x1.5cm, yellow, glabrous, undulate; sheaths smooth; ligules obtuse, to 1cm. Panicles to 30x20cm, lax, lancolate to ovate or oblong, nodding, branched, yellow; branches in wholred clusters, flexuous; spikelets to 5mm.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6